diff --git a/bin/pt-agent b/bin/pt-agent
index 6f078f8b..3a4a0fc7 100755
--- a/bin/pt-agent
+++ b/bin/pt-agent
@@ -5282,7 +5282,7 @@ sub main {
    $logger = Percona::Agent::Logger->new(
       exit_status    => \$exit_status,
       pid            => $PID,
-      online_logging => $o->get('log-api'),
+      online_logging => $o->get('log-api') ? 1 : 0,
    );
 
    # ########################################################################